Payton's 6th Birthday

Payton is 6! He had a great birthday be sure to check out his page to see what we did to celebrate his big day. You can click on the image below to go directly to his birthday post.

Addyline's 7th Birthday

Addyline is one year older and wiser too. So check out her page to see what birthday celebrations we did for her this year. Click the picture to below to go directly to Addy’s birthday post.

Berlynn's First Birthday

Check out Berlynn’s Page to see a post on her FIRST BIRTHDAY. We had a great time and we had lots of fun. So don’t forget to check it out! Click the picture below to go directly to Berlynn’s first birthday post.

Chocolate

Landyn and Grandma are big fans of chocolate so we headed to the near by chocolate factory to spend the morning looking at how it is made and of course tasting it.

Bruges Belgium

After celebrating the harvest festival we headed for Belgium. We went with a few friends and had a good time. I am just going to share the experience through a few pictures and just a few words about them. To see the pictures bigger just click on them!

We arrived late so the first thing we found was supper-French Fries (they were invented in Belgium after all):

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The next morning we started the day of with breakfast and hot chocolate (can’t come to Belgium and not have chocolate).

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We then headed out to explore Bruges. First the city square.

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Next: French Fry Museum

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Then of course chocolate!

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We did have waffles too. But I didn’t get any pictures of this. The kids (especially Payton was out of sorts by this point). We did drive to the beach so that we could have a look…it was MUCH to chilly and windy to go in, but it was pretty. Payton didn’t get to go see because he was too grumpy.

Harvest Fest in Kusel

For our first day with Craig gone on his deployment we headed to Kusel to the Herbstfest (Harvest Festival). We had fun watching the parade and eating yummy food.

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No German parade is complete without food and drinks. They were giving out free samples of drinks, luckily they had non-alcholic samples for the kids.

Our Family

We decided to take a family photo before Craig left on his deployment. Mom was here and took the picture for us. They turned out pretty nice I think

Random Photos

Berlynn

Take Us With You!!!

Addy girl

Landyn

1st Days of School

Please go to Addy’s page to read about her 1st day of 1st grade.

Please go to Paytn’s page to read about his 1st day of kindergarten.

Italy Trip: Part Five (Last One)

Our last city to visit was Venice. For the first time this entire trip we stayed in a hotel! It was lovely. We had a family room that consisted of two rooms, a bathroom and AIR CONDITIONING! This was lovely, especially since it had been over 100 degrees every day of our trip.We ate at a restaurant were we were able to watch them make the pizzas and back them in a wood burning brick oven. The food was DELICIOUS. Craig got a pizza that had egg, tomato and pork on top. It was soooooo good.

We finished our trip wandering the “streets” of Venice. We had a wonderful time. The children loved the gondola ride. It was a nice relaxing day…until the car ride home. We drove all the way home that afternoon/evening/night so that we would be back for Addy’s broken finger appointment.